Carter County Military Page
Carter Countians have a long and distinguished history of service to their country. Unfortunately, its past is also peppered with feuds and family "wars."
Revolutionary War Records
- James Horsley, Pension Declaration Submitted by: David Tucker
- Low Brown, Pension Declaration Submitted by: John W. Grace
War of 1812 Records
- War of 1812 Pension, William Horsley (transcription) (submitted by David Tucker)
- War of 1812 Pension, James Horsley (transcription) (submitted by David Tucker)
- War of 1812 Pension, James & William Horsley (document images) (submitted by David Tucker)
Civil War Records
Rosters & Essays
- Roster of the 22nd Kentucky Infantry (Union)
- 39th Kentucky Mounted Infantry (Union) (submitted by Brian Hall)
- 40th Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry (Union)
- Field's Company (Confederate)
- Carter County and the Regulators
- Fighting In Carter County, Oct. 12, 1862
- 1883 War Pensioner List
- Morgan's Raiders
- Civil War Discharge Book 1 (1883)
- "Civil War Relic Found"
- "Civil War action and pension provisions relating to the 22nd Kentucky"
- 1890 Veterans Schedules
- Increase in war pension for Cartee, Travis, Tipton, Woolery, Duncan and Taber.
- Captain William Jason Fields CW Service Records.
- George W. Fraley pension review
- Andrew Porter Family in the Civil War
Individual Service Records
- Sylvester Adams - Enlistment record
- William T. Alexander - Muster Out documents
- Hezakiah Barker - Casualty Sheet
- John H. Bays - Muster-out Roll
- Henry Biggs - Muster-out Roll
- John M. Bramlet - Service report
- William Buckner - Muster out document
- John B. Burchett - Enlistment record
- Sanders Burris - "Neighbors' Affidavit"
- John Carroll - Muster-in Roll
- William Cline - Muster-out Roll
- Henry J. Connely - Muster-out Roll
- Jacob Fitzpatrick - Pension Application General Affidavit
- Andrew J. Gillespie - Service record
- Andrew Jackson Gorman - Service records (submitted by Tiffany Kishel)
- David G. Gorman - Service records
- Ferdinand Lehr Grace - Service & Pension records
- George Hedge - Service history
- Emanuel Todd Lucas - Service record
- Jesse Lyon (1844-1923) - Service records
- Hugh Martin
- William Parks McBrayer - Service records
- William McClanahan - Muster-in Roll card
- Granville Allen McCoy - Enlistment record
- Granville Allen McCoy - Discharge record
- Benjamin Messer -Enlistment Document
- Crosby Messer -Enlistment Document
- Crosby Messer - Pension Application
- Messer, Jacob
- Henderson Messer - Enlistment document
- William Messer - Enlistment document
- 1891 William Sloan - Pension Application Appeal
- Nelson Sparks - Pension Application
- Sherwood Tackett - Pension Application
- William A. Thompson - Service in the Civil War and with the Elliott County Regulators
- William P. Ward - Certificate of Disability
"Colored Troops"
- Burton Anderson - Company Book
- Marshall Barnes - Company Book
- Alford Black - Company Book
- James Black - Company Book
- John W. Everman - Company Book
- William Frizzell - Company Book
- Daniel Goble - Company Book
- Henry J. Hord - Company Book
- Andrew Huffman - Company Book
- Dick Richards - Company Book
- David Scott- Company Book
- Thadeus Ward - Company Book
Confederate Pension Applications
- Berry, John L.
- Bertram, Reden
- Blevins, Mary J.
- Branson, Mary
- Brooks, C. C.
- Caudill, Margaret
- Church Gabriel
- Clark, James F.
- Clark, Lydia
- Cox, Squire O.
- Craig, Bernard M.
- Debord, Sarah
- Duvall, Ambrose
- Goble, Hanna
- Hignite, Catherine
- Hignite, Jefferson
- Hogston, John
- Huffman, Eliza Ann
- Huffman, Henry E.
- Justice, Joseph
- Kegley, Elizabeth
- Lee David F.
- Nelson, Larkin
- O'Banion, Elizabeth
- Park, Mattie E.
- Ratcliff, Nancy
- Richards, J. P.
- Sammons, Juda
- Sammons, Thomas
- Sargent, Louisa
- Southerland, James
- Stacy, George W.
- Stamper, Eli
- Viars, Robert F.
- Wilson, Rebecca
The Great War
Soldier's Draft Cards and Other Documents
- Arms, Mose
- Barker, Elbert Martin
- Boggs, Regis Contributed by: Ralph Mohl
- Branham, Riley
- Church, Samuel
- Church, Samuel (2)
- Gifford, Earl
- Gorman, William
- Jackson, Neal
- Jacobs, Andrew Jackson
- James, Oscar Jefferson
- Leadingham, Thomas
- Leadingham, Thomas (2)
- Leadingham, Thomas (3)
- Leadingham, Thomas Hopkins
- Littleton, Oscar Fleming
- McCoy, George W.
- McCoy, George W. (2)
- McCoy, Harry
- McCoy, Harry (2)
- McCoy, Malcom
- McCoy, Malcom (2)
- Messer, Andy
- Messer, Charley
- Messer, Charley (2)
- Messer, Clarence
- Messer, Clarence (2)
- Messer, David Oscar
- Messer, Estel - Service Record
- Messer, Grover Cleveland
- Messer, Grover Cleveland (2)
- Messer, Harrison
- Messer, Harrison (2)
- Messer, Henry Harrison
- Messer, Hiram
- Messer, Hiram
- Messer, James Garfield
- Messer, James Garfield (2)
- Messer, James Milton
- Messer, John Milton
- Messer, John (born 1880)
- Messer, John (born 1882)
- Messer, John Edward (born 1882)
- Messer, Morton
- Messer, Morton (2)
- Messer, Morton - WWI Service Record
- Messer, Sullivan
- Messer, Thomas C.
- Messer, William and Ruth - Pension Depositions
- Messer, William Franklin
- Messer, William Franklin (2)
- Leadingham, William H.
- Leadingham, William H. (2)
- Parsons, William
- Patrick, Ed
- Patrick, Sam
- Rice, Elias Anderson
- Ross, Douglas
- Ross, Harlan
- Ross, Walker
- Ross, Wirt
- Salyers, Noah
- Draft Registrations (transcribed)
World War II Documents
- Name listing
- World War II Casualties
- "Keep 'em Flying" letter of August 15, 1942
Draft Cards - Austin, William H.
- Burchett, William
- England, Lewis
- Evans, Andrew Jackson
- Gifford, James Robert
- Gollihue, Corbett
- Gollihue, Earnest
- Grace, John Jacob
- Jackson, James William
- Jennetta, Carl
- Messer, Hiram
- Messer, James G.
- Messer, John Milton
- Messer, Sullivan L.
- Messer, William Henderson
- Messer, William Preston
- Patrick, George Washington
- Riley, Samuel Patrick
- Ross, Othar Meredith
- Ross, Wirt
- Wooten, John
Contributed by: Randy Jackson 
Korea and Post-WW II - Soldier's Records - Sidney Albert Carroll's Registration and Discharge Documents
- Russel Abbot
- Walter Abbot
- Cleon Frederick Abbott
- Theodore Abbott
- Dewey Baker
- Sidney Albert Carroll
- Clifford J. Clemons
- Cornelius England
- John Wesley Grace
- John Fulton Greer
- Quinton V. Hall
- William D. Hinkle
- Burrell Jordan
- Roy Lucas Jr.
- Hartswell Stanton
- George W. Swetman
- Hartswell Stanton
Feuds - Underwood-Holbrook War (off-site link)
- Underwood-Holbrook War - From the Detroit Free Press, November 25, 1879
- Rowan County Feud (with references to Carter County individuals)
- Underwood-Holbrook War - From the Oakland Tribune, July 25, 1926
- George Underwood and the Carter County Feuds- From the New York Times, March 24, 1912
Military-related Links - Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
- The Civil War in SE Kentucky
- KY Civil War Rosters
- Underwood-Holbrook War
- 14th Kentucky
- 47th Kentucky Volunteers, Company F roster
- Blevins Civil War Page
- Civil War Photo Search
- Civil War Rosters
- Civil War Women
- NARA Civil War Records page
- VA Headstone Project
- DD214 & other military service records (per Freedom of Information Act)
- Kentucky Revolutionary War Grant database Contributed by: Sherry Lowe
- 14th KY Infantry (US) Contributed by Marlitta H. Perkins
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